Lately we’ve been getting lot’s of letters. Mainly from proud parents, supporting their rad kids, who are standing up for what they believe in, or from teenagers who are pissed at their administration for telling them they can’t support something they believe in, and even letters from angry principals and parents calling us perverted.
The entire idea of the campaign is to take this serious horrible subject, break the ice, and make it easy to talk about. We tell all the principals that this is actually their OPPORTUNITY, to talk to their students about an issue that effects them and is important to them, take this opportunity to educate your students on how they can prevent breast cancer.
THANK YOU to all of you, who are standing up, and telling your schools, you have freedom of speech, and freedom to support causes that are important to you.
You can now buy the I love Boobies bracelets in BULK here!
Keep A Breast’s was recently invited to the Zumiez 100k event. The 100k is a celebration in thanks to all employees that went above and beyond and sold over 100k that year. We can’t begin to thank zumiez for inviting KAB to the 100K event this year.
We had the most amazing experience, I can’t even put into words how amazing your employee’s are.
Moment after moment kids came up to me and treated me with such love and respect, they each thanked me for being there and for the work KAB is doing, each one had an experience to share with me on how beast cancer has effected their lives, from their mothers to sisters to girlfriends to aunts, many tears were shared. They all told me how they tell each customer about KAB and the foundation when they sell our bracelets, and what a crazy phenomena the bracelets have become in our stores. It was truly a humbling experience and I’m inspired to take everything to the next level this year.
Keep a breast is more than a brand it’s a non profit organization. By selling our products this year each and every Zumiez employee became an activist for KAB. They have spread our message of early detection and prevention and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for our education and outreach programs. For more photos please check out our flickr.
I’m honored and humbled to be included in this family and know truly we can make the difference by raising awareness, raising people’s spirits and helping to save lives.
xo
Shaney jo
co founder/executive director Keep A Breast
The Keep A Breast Foundation and the Residents of Brookdale Senior Living have teamed up together for a unique fundraising event offering residents, prospects, employees and their communities the chance to educate generations on breast cancer prevention.
To celebrate the success of these fundraisers we will hold our Generation Pink Gala and Auction on Jan 26th at Town Village Leawood in Kansas City KS from 4:00 -7:00 pm on Jan 27th Village at Skyline in Colorado Springs CO at 4:30 – 7:30pm and Jan 28th Heritage Club Denver in Denver CO from 4:00 -7:00 pm where customized breast casts will be auctioned off, including generational casts of grandmothers, mothers and daughters that have been affected by breast cancer, and Brookdale associates and residents that have been touched by breast cancer. The Generation Pink online breast casting auction will be hosted by Colorado Elders.com. The online auction is on and ends at the end of each event. You may register to participate in the auction any time prior to or during the auction. For more information, please follow this link to Colorado Elders.
Keep A Breast has developed a unique avenue for anyone to donate their time and influence the lives of their fans and so much more. As part of The Keep A Breast Music for Awareness Campaign, we are inviting anyone from to really step in and start making a difference.
You don’t have to be a musician to participate in MFA. This campaign will allow anyone to play a role with KAB and throw his or her very own benefit show in support of the cause like the Wild Women of Comedy are doing in NY.
We provide you with the necessary armor, Keep A Breast T-shirts for you to wear on stage, KAB banners to decorate around the club, stickers, breast self-exam shower cards to pass out, our logo to fit neatly in your flyer, and a big shout out to your event event on our website and facebook and myspace pages!
Please contact us if you are interested to participate in this campaign!!
Wild Women of Comedy
Bellmore Theatre
222 Pettit Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710
Hosted by Kit Stewart
Starring: Carie Karavas, Peach Rodriguez, Christineoleary.com and Patty Rosborough
Speakeasy Tiger closed out 2009 with an amazing Keep A Breast Music For Awareness show in Denver, Colorado. As a fan of theirs, I was super stoked to have them approach KAB to do an event to benefit the cause and educate their community and peers. They successfully raised $720 for the organization and created one of a kind pieces of art to help raise funds. The band will also be on the Vans Warped Tour this summer, so be sure to check them out! I have included some words from Kyle, the lead singer for the band below.
I am so thankful for such inspiring young people that truly want to make a difference in the health and well being of others.
xo erica
“The show was a wonderful experience. We created a really intimate setting for everyone to really take focus on why we were throwing the event. I am proud to say we reached our goal for KAB with the help of our dear friend Rachel Yarbrough, who created custom canvas pieces with the silhouette of a woman with lyrics from one of our songs “I can feel it in my chest”. We sold each one with the hope that everyone would walk away with a much deeper awareness on the truth’s of Breast Cancer. Making KAB apart of our music was especially important to me because my mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was 10. Watching Breast Cancer affect the ones you love from a personal level shows how dangerous it can be and how easily it can be prevented if you check yourself and stay in tune with your body. Our great friend Alicia Garrison went through a step by step process on how to check yourself for our audience to see. Not only were we engaged but everyone who attended was wonderfully receptive to the information being shared. I am so hopeful when I see programs like KAB available to young artists like ourselves. With influence comes great responsibility and we are so happy to have the ability to share with others through our music. I am excited for the future and excited to promote good health for all of us! Thank you so much to a great show!” Kyle Simmons of Speakeasy Tiger
A few months back we told you that our very own Erica “baby e” Leite was chosen for the The Electra Way to Roll campaign – a movement that celebrates individuals around the globe who are taking action to make the world a better place through environmental conservation, social aid, education and artistic expression.
For this show, Dungbeetle Creative brings that blend of art & commerce together in the work of world-renowned photographer, Art Brewer of captured moments including point-and-shoot favorites from Art’s personal collection, as well as produced, commercial images from Electra Bicycle Company’s campaigns.
Opening Reception will feature hand-painted Electra Bicycles by artists Acamonchi Art, Blackass, Patrick Dennis, Brandon Lomax, and Jimmy C for auction to benefit the Keep A Breast Foundation’s education and outreach programs.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your support in 2009.
2009 was a great year for Keep A Breast thanks to you. You came out to our events, rallied by our side all year long, helping us spread our message to all your friends, families and anyone who would listen. You are all the face and spirit of Keep A Breast. Thank you all for your passion for our cause and caring enough to stand up and push change for your future. We are looking forward to 2010. We are starting out the year strong, with an ad that we placed in AP magazine with our friends at B4BC and Shirts for a cure, letting you all know that we stand as one to disagree about the recent recommendation from the U.S. preventative services task force. We are here for you, and we care about your health and are committed to bringing you the best and most current information and support that we can offer. In 2010 you will see us all over the world, we will be at our usual places like The Vans Warped Tour and Bambozzle, you will also see us at many other music festivals, surf, skate, and soccer events. We will be in Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia this year as well. Make sure to come say hi to us, learn how you can prevent breast cancer and live a healthy life.
This photo pretty much sums up the year for me. Look at these beautiful faces! I took this pic a few months ago at the Race for the Cure in San Diego. These amazing teenagers all came up to our booth and has a personal story to tell, they all bought matching bracelets to show their support. This is what’s it’s about for us. Love your boobies! Love your self! Check your self!
Everyone here at Keep A Breast wants to wish you a Happy Holiday and thank you for all your support this year.
We made a holiday music video letting everyone know thats there’s a few things you can do for yourself this holiday season. Yes it true, toys and money they are nice. But the best gift of all is the gift of life.
We think it’s a great way to share with your friends and family the importance of being healthy and happy. We would appreciate your help in passing this video along! Plus once you watch it you will want to.
Watch out for more awesomeness from Keep A Breast in 2010!!
xoxo
Keep A Breast
Shaney jo, Erica, Kimmy, Miss Nixon, Crystal, Jess & Mike
Ladies, the average woman will eat 7 pounds of lipstick in their life. Make sure the brand you use doesn’t contain lead. Cancerous breast biopsies show higher accumulations of iron, nickel, chromium, zinc, cadmium, mercury and lead than non-cancerous biopsies, and several metals act like estrogen in the presence of some breast cancer cells. One metal that’s great for your body.. Iron! Found in leafy greens it’s necessary for blood oxygenation. For more info check out our HEALTH page.
December 3 Young Survival Coalition, Keep A Breast Foundation, and Scripps Breast Care Center participated in the Kappa Kappa Gamma Breastival at the University of San Diego. The goal of the Breastival was to increase awareness of the incidence of breast cancer in young women ages 20-39 and to promote breast health awareness through activities that would capture the attention of college age women. The students participated in a number of games including “Pin the Nipple on the Breast,” “Guess the Celebrity Bra Size,” etc. Breast Models were used to teach students how to do a self breast exam.
Prior to the “American’s Breast Dance Crew” dance contest, Amanda Nixon and Lauren Parks spoke to a group of 200 college students in regards to their experience with breast cancer. Their personal stories were touching and left an impressionable message: young women do get breast cancer. Students were encouraged to be aware of their bodies and have changes check out by their physician.
